From Middle Persian [script needed] (plmʾn'), 𐫜𐫡𐫖𐫀𐫗 (frmʾn /⁠framān⁠/, “order, command”), from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠 (framānā, “command”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Gurani ھەرمانە (harmāna, “work”) and Iranian loanwords Old Armenian հրաման (hraman, “order, command, injunction”), Aramaic הַרְמָן (hrmnʾ, “order”). Cognate also with Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa, “authority, proof”).